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Risk of newly developed atrial fibrillation by alcohol consumption differs according to genetic predisposition to alcohol metabolism: a large-scale cohort study with UK Biobank.
BMC medicine - 21 Dec 2023
Park Chan Soon, Choi Jaewon, Choi JungMin, Lee Kyung-Yeon, Ahn Hyo-Jeong, Kwon Soonil, Lee So-Ryoung, Choi Eue-Keun, Kwak Soo Heon, Oh Seil
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The predictive relationship between mild-to-moderate alcohol consumption and the risk of incident atrial fibrillation (AF) remains controversial. OBJECTIVE: We investigated whether the relationship between alcohol consumption and the risk of incident AF could be associated with the genetic predisposition to alcohol metabolism. METHODS: A total of 399,329 subjects with genetic data from the UK Biobank...
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